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' UNITED STATES teams PATENT OFFICE- WILLIAM RILEY E'AIILoU, 0FSOMERSET, KENTUCKY.

! RAILWAY.

Application filed January 6, 1923. Serial No. 611,125.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. BALLOU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somerset, in the county of Pulaski and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railways, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing.

This invention relates particularly to such railway tracks as are usedin mines and similar situations for the operation of relatively smallcars.

The object of the invention is to provide convenient and; efficientmeans for secur-' ing the track rails and to provide efficient means forshifting the'rails at-a switch in such a track.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan of a track structure embodying a switch built accordingto my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line, 22, of Fig. 1, lookingtoward the left;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line, 3-3, of Fig. 1, lookingtoward the left;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line,

' 4-4, of Fig. 1, looking toward the left;

Fig. 5 is a section parallel to the main track, on the line, 55, of Fig.1, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 6 isa transverse section on the line, 0-6, of Fig. 1, lookingtoward the left;

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line, 7 -7, of Fig. 1, lookingtoward the left;

Fig. Sis a transverse section on the line,

8- 8, of Fig. 1, looking toward the left;

Fig. 9 is a transverse section on the line, 99, of Fig. 1, lookingtoward the left;

Fig. 10 is a section parallel to the branch track, on the line, 1010, ofFig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow;

' Fig. 11 is a section. on the line, 1111, of-

' tween the rails A and A The right hand ends of'the rails, A and B,rest on a tie, T,

of any form. The drawings show the'other ties, O,.D,-E and F, ofspecial. form. The

body of each such tie is of metal and chair nel-shape, the two flangesbeing directed downward.

At a distance from the middle, upright plane of the main track less thanthe dis-- tance of the main line track rails from said plane, eachflange of the tie, C, is provided A with a horizontal slot, 0 A bolt, Cextends transversely across the tie and through each slot. At eachouterv side of the tie and at each rail, A and A a locking rod, 0,

having a hook at each end engages said bolt and the outer edge of thefoot of the adjacent rail, A or A The opposite edge of the foot of therail is engaged by a plate, C secured to the upper face of the tie bybolts or rivets, C A wedge-form key, 0 is brought'into the slot, C,-between eachbolt, C, and the adjacent end of the tie to drive the bolttoward the middle of the tie, whereby the locking rod, C is putundertension to force the adjacent rail against the plate, C.

At theties, D and E, the rails, A and A?,-

are similarly secured by means of rods, C and plates, C".

The'point' section, B is pivoted to the tie, C, by means of a plate, B,secured to said rail by means of a bolt or rivet, C and resting on theplate, CT, and loosely secured thereto by means of an upright bolt,'Cextending through the plate, B, and the plate,v

O and'the upper wall of the tie. The point sections, B and B arecoupledtoeach other, near the points, by a bar, B extendingunder themain track rail, A At each point, an angle plate, 13", has one armsecured against the side of the adjacent point by bolts or rivets, Bwhile the other arm rests fiatwise on the bar, B and is rotatablysecured thereto by an upright bolt," B extending through the angle plateand the bar, B a

The opposite end of the point rail section,

B rests on the tie, F, and is there engaged.

by a plate, C", and a locking rod, G, such engagement being'loose enoughto allow the slightturning movement that is need'ed to allow the pointof said section tomove .into' contact with, the adjacent face of themain track rail, A The rail branch section, B, is similarly engaged onthe tie, D, by a plate,

C", and locking rods, C. On. the tie,C, thebranch rail section, B ,;isfree, resting slidably on the upper face of said tie; a 1 I The branchtrack rail, B is secured to 'th tie, F, by means of the plate, C", and alocking rod, C, at that side of the tie. The

end of the branch track rail, B, adjacent the main track rail, A issecured upon a metal plate or casting, G, which is seated on the tie, F,at the outer side of the main track rail, A and suitably secured to saidtie, as

' of a wheel on the rail, A

Fig. 1 shows the switch set for the passing of a car on the main linetrack. The dotted lines on said figure show the point rail sections, Band B shifted into posi tion for the passing of a car toand from thebranch line track. When the branch line traclt is to beused, the end ofthe point rail sectlon, B adjacent the main track rail, A is to be movedupward and across the rail, A into alignment with the adjacent end ofthe branch line, B. That movement involves the turning of the section, Bon'the pivot formed at the bolt, C ,'whereby the point of the section, Bis moved against the inner face of the main track line rail, A.

This involves the endwise shifting of the bar, 13", whereby the point ofthe rail section, B is brought against the outer face of the main trackrail, A.

For shifting the point rail. section, B a lever, H, is pivoted betweenits ends on a shaft, H extending horizontally through the tie, E, belowthe upper wall of the tie.

I The upper end of said lever extends through a slot, E in the'upper tiewall and is coupled to a bracket, H secured to theouter side ofthe railsection, B The position of the shaft. H and the length of said leverabove said shaft are such as to lift the rail section, B into positionacross the main rail, A when the lever, H, is turned to move its upperend toward the rail, A and to allow the rail section, B to rest onthe-tie, E, when the switch is in the open position. The

' lower end of the lever, H, is coupledjto one end'of a horizontal bar,H The opposite end of said bar is coupled to a hand lever, H, which1SP1V0tQ-d at, H, toan extension,

Ef of the tie, E. The distance between the pivot, H and the point atwhich the bar,

H is coupled to the lever, H is such, as to allowtheflever, H, to lie inthe horizontal or a little below the horizontal position at 7 one sideofjits pivot when the rail section,

B, isin the openposition and to be in the horizontal or a llttle belowthe horizontal position at the other side of its pivot when neeaosa therail section, B, is in the closed position. Thus said lever and the bar,H are adapted to hold the lever, H, and the rail section, B in eitherthe open or the closed position after the parts have been set by anattendant.

A supporting plate, C", is placed under the rail, B on the tie, D. Thepart of said plate which is toward the rail, A, is higher than the parton which the rail, B rests when the switch is open. Thus the rail, B isgiven support when it is in either position.

A fixed guard rail, 1, is placed parallel to the rail, B Said guard railengages the flanges of passing car wheels and resists ten dency of'said'wheels to move on straight lines. Thus lateral pressure by the carwheels on the adjacent end of the inner movable rail, B, is avoided.

I claim as any invention,

1. In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, thefirst located between the main track rails and the second being locatedoutside the main track rails and said movable rails being pivoted onupright axes to permit horizontal sidewise movement of the points ofsaid rails and to permit the opposite end of said first movable rail tobe moved across the adjacent main track rail, and operator-controlledmeans for simultaneously moving said movable rails on their pivots,substantially as described.

2. In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, thefirst located between the main track rails, and the second being locatedoutside the main track rails and said movable rails being pivoted onupright axes to permit horizontal sidewise movement of the points ofsaid rails and to permlt the opposite end of said first movable rail tobe moved across the adjacent main track rail, the pivot of the secondmovable rail being adjacent the end of the adjacent fixed track rail,and operator-controlled means for simultaneously moving said movablerails on their pivots, substantiallv as described.

7 3. "In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branchtrack rails located beside the main track, two movable branch trackrails, the first located between the main track rails and the secondbeing outside the main track rails and the first of said movable railsbeing pivoted between its ends on an upright axis and the second movablerail being pivoted adjacent the end of the adjacent fixed track rail'topermit horizontal sidewise movement of the points of said rails andto permit the opposite end of said first movable rail to be moved acrossthe adjacent main track rail, and operatorcontrolled means forsimultaneously moving said movable rails on their pivots, substantiallyas described.

4. In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, thefirst located between the main track rails and the secondbeing locatedoutside the main track rails and said movable rails being pivoted onupright axes to permit horizontal sidewise movement of the points ofsaid rails and to permit the opposite end of said first movable rail tobe moved across the adjacent main track rail, means coupling the pointsof said movable rails, and operator-controlled rail-moving means appliedto the end of the first movable rail at its end opposite the point,substantially as described.

5. In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, andoperator-controlled means for moving the points of said movable railssidewise and for moving the opposite end of one of said rails in an arcinto and out of position above the adjacent main track rail,substantially as described.

6. In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, thefirst located between the main track rails and the second being locatedoutside the main track rail and said movable rails being pivoted onupright axes to permit horizontal sidewise movement of the points ofsaid rails and to permit the opposite end of said first movable rail tobe moved across the adjacent main track rail, operator-controlled meansfor simultaneously moving said movable rails on their pivots, and afixed guard rail between the outer movable rail and the adjacent maintrack rail, substantially as described.

7. In a railway, the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, thefirst located between the main track rails and the second being locatedoutside the main track rails and said movable rails being pivoted onupright axes to permit horizontal sidewise movement of.

the points of said rails and to permit the opposite end of said firstmovable rail to be moved across the adjacent main track rail, the pivotof the second movable rail being adjacent the end of the adjacent fixedtrack rail, operator-controlled means for simultaneously moving saidmovable rails on their pivots, and a fixed guard rail between the outermovable rail and the adjacent main track rail, substantially asdescribed;

8. In a railway. the combination of main track rails, fixed branch trackrails located beside the main track, two movable branch track rails, thefirst located between the main track rails and the second being locatedoutside the main track rails and the first of said movable rails beingpivoted bemovable rail and the adjacent main track rail, substantiallyas described.

9. In a railway, the combination of two main line rails, two fixedbranch line rails placed outside the main track rails and one beinghigher than the adjacent main track rail, two movable branch line railsthe first being outside the main track rails and the second beingbetween the main line rails and pivoted between its ends, a bar couplingthe point ends of the branch line rails, and shifting mechanism inoperative relation with the second branch line rail to move its endwhich is adjacent the high fixed branch line rail across the adjacentmain line rail and into and. out of alignment with said high rail,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name, this 28th day of December,in the year one thousand nine hundred and twentytwo.

WILLIAM RILEY I BALLOU.

